Women, taken from children: 'We were deceived.'

Women, taken from children: 'We were deceived.'

Directly contradicting state authorities about the nature of the raid on and removal of children from a religious compound, a group of angry, tearful women lashed out at Child Protective Services and demanded the return of their children.
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Children Taken From Sect Moved to New Shelter

State officials moved 416 children seized from a polygamist compound to a new shelter Monday and sent many of their mothers away, while a judge and lawyers struggled with a legal and logistical morass in one of the biggest child-custody cases in U.S. history.
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Polygamous mothers to Texas: 'Our children need us'

Concealing their anger but not their tears, more than two dozen women of a polygamous sect told reporters they were surrounded by troopers and forced to leave their children in state custody Monday.